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Book

Authors
Page, Alison; and Memmott, Paul
Title
Design: building on country
Secondary Title
First Knowledges series, edited by Margo Neale
Imprint
Thames and Hudson, Port Melbourne, Vic., 2021, 291 pp
ISBN/ISSN
9781760761400
Subject
History of Human Sciences
Description

From the Thames and Hudson website:
Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion.

Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.

Source
cohn 2022

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